A Competitive Documentary

"Those who produce TV news and documentaries hold the keys to considerable power and influence. "


Last August 13, 2011, the UC documentary team and other representatives of the Mass Comm department went down to Manila to witness the International Center for Communication Studies (ICCS) where different documentaries from different Universities around the country compete to prove their best and apply what they know about producing a realistic documentary.

The UC documentary came 4th out of 16 participants from different Universities around the country. The documentary is entitled "Pagbangon Mula Sa Putik" which was documented in Little Kibungan.

The first placer was the "Bato-Bato Pick" of the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila followed by the "Kahon" of CEU and "Sigaw ng Marilao" by the Sacred Heart College in Lucena, Quezon.

The ICCS Award for Best Documentary Making is one of this year’s confab highlights. It aims to persuade students to come up with a comprehensive documentary that will showcase their journalism skills and hearten their ability to develop persuasive analysis on their chosen material. The jurors would also like to see how they can impressively develop a solution on the current problems affecting our society. The produced material shall adhere to the accepted journalism ethical standards.

Also invited to partake of the said seminar are distinguished lecturers from ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs, GMA News and Public Affairs, Philippine Daily Inquirer and DZMM-ABS-CBN to discuss the ethical standards they follow in their respective news organizations. This will give the participants the opportunity to ask the resource speakers about perceived ethical violations in different areas of journalism.